frozen snapshot — 2026-08-11 · see today →

What's on Lee Jae-myung's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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the approval number 26% · newthe Gwangju chip cluster 22% · newthe yellow envelope walk-back 14% · newthe tax-reform backlash 11% everything else 27%

43.3%: The Lowest Number of His Presidency

A fourth straight weekly slide, with the sharpest fall in Seoul; pollsters blame housing policy and prosecution reform.

Lee’s approval rating hits record low after four-week slide

Korea JoongAng Daily · 2026-08-10

our translation

he reads a crosstab better than anyone in korean politics, and this one says seoul left. everything else this week — chips, debt relief, telling his tax chief to grovel — is that number talking.

new — 4th straight weekly drop, to 43.3%very sure · 4 sources

Move the Air Base. Build the Chips. By 2028.

new — Air base relocation ordered, 5tn won fundvery sure · 4 sources

He Passed the Yellow Envelope Law. Now He's Shrinking It.

new — Enforcement decree ordered; KCTU objectspretty sure · 3 sources

The President Tells His Finance Minister to Crawl

Public comment reopened amid tax angerpretty sure · 3 sources

tuesday, august 11

Chair the Cabinet meeting from the Sejong complex(reported)

Read the 43.3% crosstabs, then the Seoul line twice(safe bet)

Ask the Labor Ministry how fast a decree can be drafted(reported)

Reopen the tax reform plan to public objections(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

President Lee Jae-myung Presides Over Cabinet Meeting at Government Complex Sejong

news.google.com · 2026-08-11

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